Biology:Cardiapoda placenta

Cardiapoda placenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Carinariidae
Genus:	Cardiapoda
Species:	C. placenta
Binomial name
	Cardiapoda placenta; (Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms
	Cardiapoda trachydermon Cardiapoda pedunculata ; Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1831 ; (Lesson, 1831) d'Orbigny, 1834 ; Cardiapoda acuta Carinaroida placenta ; Tesch, 1906 Tesch, 1906 ; Carinaroides placenta (Lesson, 1831) ; Tesch, 1906 Cardiapoda sublaevis ;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.

This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.^{[citation needed]}

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 203 m.^[2]

↑ "Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831)". The Academy of Natural Sciences. http://www.malacolog.org/wasp.php?mode=taxon&target=Carinariidae.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.